LightScope is a free, open source cybersecurity research initiative that examines unwanted traffic from attackers and scanners. LightScope is different from existing solutions as it turns closed ports on live machines into network telescopes/honeypots, and transparently forwards attacker traffic to USC managed honeypots. This removes the risk of running honeypots on production systems, and makes LightScope difficult for attackers to detect and avoid (unlike traditional honeypots and network telescopes). All this leads to better data for researchers and network operators.
The LightScope client is free, open source, extremely lightweight, and designed to run on production machines. If you install it you will be provided with rich information about who's targeting your network and tailored IP blocklists you can use to keep your network safe.
LightScope is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2313998 and the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute.